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A.D.PENFOLD. LABEL HOLDER FOR FREIGHT CARS.

Nd. 276,980. Patented May 1, 1883.

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ALEXANDER D. PENFOLD, on n E. J. BROOKS &;oo.,

To all whom it may concern.- n Be it known that I, ALEXANDER PEN- f fFOLD, a citizenof the United States, residing :at Ridgewood, Bergencounty, inthe State of "New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement inLabel-Holders for Freight- 1 Cars, of which the followingis a specification. This invention relates to improvements inthatjclassof devices commonly known by railway men as F car-card racks,and consisting, [I generically, of permanent attachments to the sides ofrailway freight-cars as means for holdin g and. displaying.destination-cards and other car-cards used for labeling such cars toshow their destination, contents.and the like, without nailing onsuchlabeling-cards. The devices are herein termed label-holders, inaccordance with the official classificationof .patentsa I n The presentinvention consists in certain novel combinationsof peculiarlyconstructed f and arranged parts, hereinafter set forth and claimed,whereby I. aim to accomplish the following objects, vizzfirst, tosecurely attach the paper car-cards or labeling-cards generally usedwithout the aid of puncturing-points, which are liable to tear thehands, and by a simple device more easily manipulated than anyheretofore used; second-, to provide by :the same means, in part, forsecurelyholding car-cards, or substitutes for car-cards in the form oftags, so that the latter may be conveniently used on linescommunicatin gwith those which use the papercards; third, to mask the spring orsprings formingpart of the" device, and by the same means to limit theopening movement to prevent accidentally leaving the holder open,and toire-enforce the attaching devices and preclude the escape of loose cardsat the lower edgeof the holder, as hereinafter morefully set forth. n

. .Two sheets of drawings-accompany this specification as part thereof,illustrating respectively a preferred form of holder and a modificationthereof, and theuse of either holder for attaching paper. car-cards andfor holding the saidtin-tags. I Figure 1 is a small face view of saidpreferred holder,and Fig. 2 is an edge view there- 50 of onthe samescale, showing it by full and PATENT OFFICE.

RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, Assrcnon T0 on NEW YoRK,N. Y. LABEL-HOLDER FOR.FR EIGHT-CAR S,

SPECIFICATIONIformingfpartgot' Letters Pa r-.1. "No. 276,980, dated May1, 1883. l Application filed De cemher o, 1882. (No model.)

and open. Fig. 3 is a sectional face view of a. portion, of the loweredge of this holder. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on theline 4 4.,Fig.3. Fig.5 is a top view of a portion of the spring-case of this holder,and Fig. 6 is atop View of its rim, stripped, on a larger scale,

showing its construction. .Fig. 7 isa half face R,of stiff wire,provided with an elastic netting, N, of finer wire, cri mped to formHD1116! ous-bearing-points and render thenetting very elastic, and soattached to the back of the rim as to pressagainst the side S of arailway freightcar, or any interposed labeling-card, O,or tag T of anydescription, when said rim is pressed againstthe said side of the car inthe closed condition of the holder, as represented by full lines inFig.2,and by Figs. 4 and 8. The holder is so closed and held against theside of the car by meansof spiral hinge-springs H, a pair preferably asshown, which surround an outer cross-bar of said rim R at the lower edgeof the holder, with their inner ends,z, appliedto an inner cross-bar ofsaid rim R parallel with the former, and to which the lower edge of thenetting N is attached, while the outer ends, y,

of the springs are attached by wood-screws x (or it may. beby bolts) tothe side of the car. A pair of short light hinge-springs are repre'sented at H in Figs. 3 and 4, applied near the respective lateral edgesof the holder. A pair of longer and heavier hinge-springs, H H,extending to mid-width of the holder from its respective lateral edges,with their innenends curved backwardly to form a peculiarly-stron gconnection with said inner cross-bar, are rep: resented in Figs. '7, 8,and 9. Such details form no partof my present invention. The said rim Rin each form is, moreoVen'constructed with an outward bend-or horizontalarch, a, in its upper horizontal portion ,and said arch dottedlinesinits respectiveconditions-closed is constructed or provided with a studor studs, b b, preferably a pair as shown, matching the studs b areintegral with the wire rim, being be employed.

readily formed by bends, as shown. In Figs. 7, 8, and I have shown themas formed on collars embracing the rim-wire. Either form or any approvedconstruction of such studs may In said preferred form a spring case ormask, M, preferably a light malleableiron casting, which may be of theshape clearly shown by Figs. 3 to 5, is attached by. screws to the sideof the car, so as to inclose and conceal the said hinge'spring, saidmask having stopnotches a, matching those portions of the rim R whichform the lateral edges of the holder, and additional notches, 0, toreceive what may be termed the shanks of the said inner ends, 2, of thehinge-springs H. Said notches a limit the opening motion of the holder,(illustrated by dotted line in Fig. 2,) to the extent indicated, orthereabout, so as to facilitate placing cards or tags therein, and topreclude leaving the holder open accidentally, by stopping it within theclosing scope of the springs, and the latter may consequently be shorterand lighter than would otherwise be required. Said mask M serves also tore-enforce the hingeat the lower edge of the holder.

springsH and their screws as. attaching devices, and to preclude theescape of loose cards A central staple, s, is shown in Figs. 7, 8, and 9as an illustrative substitute device for use in cheaper forms madewithout the said mask.

Having thus set forth my said invention, I claim as new and desiretopatent under this specification- 1. A label-holder for. freight-cars,having an elastic netting, N, of crimped wire, supported by a stiff rim,R, which is provided at its lower edge with hinge-springs H,the latterbeing adapted to be attached to the side of a car, and to press saidnetting against a label introduced behind it, substantially as hereinset forth.

2. A label-holder for freight'cars, having an elastic netting, N,supported by a stiff rim, R, the latter constructed with an arch, a, inits upper portion, provided with a stud or studs, b, for suspending atag behind said netting, substantially as herein set forth.

3. In combination with the hinge-springs H, arranged at the lower edgeof the label-holder, and the rim R, provided with an elastic netting, N,the spring ease or mask M, inclosing said springs, and havingstop-notches n to limit the openingof the holder, substantially asherein set forth. ALEXANDER D. PENFOLD.

Witnesses JOHN ROGERS, J. H. EVANS.

